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carleton uni fundraiser canned on claims that disease only affects whites

disgusting, if you ask me.
the only person on the deciding council to vote against the change summarized it quite nicely: "I think they see this, in their own twisted way, as a win for diversity," ... "I see it as a loss for people with cystic fibrosis."

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Fundraiser canned on claims disease affects only whites Updated Tue. Nov. 25 2008 5:50 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Carleton University won't be holding a popular fundraiser to benefit cystic fibrosis, it was confirmed Tuesday, after the student council passed a motion falsely claiming the disease affects only white men. In what journalism councillor Nick Bergamini calls an "incredibly divisive" move, the Council of Carleton University Students Association (CUSA) passed a motion at a meeting late Monday night that effectively cancelled the annual Shinerama fundraising campaign. Shinerama events occur during the school's orientation week and proceeds go to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF). The association raised the motion based on information it received from one of its former executive members that the disease affects only white people and mostly males, Bergamini told CTV.ca. "I don't believe that you should be playing politics with a charity," Bergamini said during a phone interview from Ottawa. "It's the most un-political thing. It's something that's supposed to bring people together and now they've done something that's incredibly divisive." It is correct to say that cystic fibrosis "does affect Caucasian populations primarily," according to Cathleen Morrison, CEO of the CCFF. However, the term Caucasian includes people from South Asia, North Africa, the Persian Gulf and Israel, Morrison said. "These are Caucasian populations," Morrison told CTV.ca. "These people do not have white skin. They have CF, it now seems, in the same ratios as other Caucasian people who do have white skin." Cystic fibrosis, which is the most common genetic fatal disease in young people in Canada, affects just as many young girls as boys, Morrison added. It is a chronic disease that primarily affects the lungs and digestive system. Only about half of patients live into their thirties and beyond. According to Bergamini, the motion read that orientation week strives to be inclusive and volunteers should feel like their fundraising efforts are serving a diverse community. However, the motion went on to say that "and whereas cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people and primarily men, be it resolved that: CUSA discontinue its support of this campaign." CUSA president Brittany Smyth said the idea of changing next year's orientation fundraiser to focus on a different charity, perhaps a local cause, first came up about a year ago. She said that the part of the motion that refers to why Shinerama has been cancelled is irrelevant, not part of the official meeting record and simply reflects the rationale of the councillor who raised the motion. "It completely depends on the individual," Smyth told CTV.ca. "It's 100 per cent their opinion. Their opinion doesn't have to be fact or anything really. It's just how this individual felt." Only the resolution is important, Smyth said, even though it appears councillors are endorsing the idea that support of cystic fibrosis be stopped because it is a white-man's disease. "Speaking from the council perspective, the whereas motions weren't actually overly relevant when people were making a decision on what they wanted to do," Smyth said. She also pointed out that the whereas clauses cannot be amended, and said if a resolution to drop Shinerama had been rejected, the issue could not have been raised again. Calls to the Carleton University spokespeople have not been returned. Shinerama began in 1964, and events are held at nearly 60 Canadian university and college campuses. Students shine shoes, wash cars and hold other fundraising events as part of the campaign. The program has raised nearly $19 million for the CCFF. Carleton students have participated in Shinerama for 24 years and have raised nearly $1 million for the cause. Morrison said the CCFF has valued past contributions from Carleton students and hopes to speak with members of the association about their decision. "We're hoping that when the facts are before them that they will feel more comfortable," Morrison said. Bergamini said he will try to raise a motion to reverse the decision at the CUSA's next meeting. However, the council is the highest decision-making body and is the primary organizer of orientation week events and so he, and even the university, have little recourse, he said. "So unfortunately this appears to be a final decision."

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Brutal.

As a brown guy, this is pretty dumb. If this is a charity that needs money, then so be it. Nobody would question fundraiser for Darfur, which 'only effects blacks, in Africa'. Help those who need it, no matter what their ethnocentric background.

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In what journalism councillor Nick Bergamini calls an "incredibly divisive" move, the Council of Carleton University Students Association (CUSA) passed a motion at a meeting late Monday night that effectively cancelled the annual Shinerama fundraising campaign.

Right. This isn't the only time I've heard non-white be referred to as "diversity". I remember talking to a girl at my school about the apparent "diversity" on our campus (which is mainly comprised of south east Asian students, and very few white people). She argued that it was a very diverse campus. It was pretty clear that by "diverse" she meant "lacking white people".

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According to Bergamini, the motion read that orientation week strives to be inclusive and volunteers should feel like their fundraising efforts are serving a diverse community.

I'd like to see what would happen if the shoe was on the other foot and there was a disease that mainly affected a non-Caucasian race. Would they be worried about being inclusive to white volunteers? I highly doubt it!

It's quite ironic to me how a move like this is being called a diverse act.

The council vote was actually 22-2 in favour, can you believe it?

Imagine the outrage if they skip charitable support of;

1) Sickle Cell Anemia... because it predominantly favours African-Canadians?
2) AIDS... because it predominantly favours men and homosexuals.
3) Breast Cancer, because it predominantly favours women.

None of the above are 'inclusive' enough as CUSA would have it, but no, caucasian men are easy targets for racism in a world where political correctness keeps proving itself it's gone way too far.

lol. this is soooo stupid.

shinerama is a staple of frosh week.

this will have to be appealed.

I am amazed and sickened.

I wish we could stop seeing colour and gender and really live as one human race.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie None of the above are 'inclusive' enough as CUSA would have it, but no, caucasian men are easy targets for racism in a world where political correctness keeps proving itself it's gone way too far.

exactly....and God forbid if a caucasian male actually stood up and say something....then they would be either laughed at or called a racist himself.

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Originally posted by English Rachel I am amazed and sickened. I wish we could stop seeing colour and gender and really live as one human race.

even if you could see past colour and gender....humans would find other ways to segregate the population. People will hate others because they are fat or they wear glasses or they dress funny.

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Originally posted by Skipper Shine arama Shine Shine arama... Shine arama Shine Shine arama... Shine arama Shine Shine arama...

lol.

sing it again!!!

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Brutal.

Can I make a Carleton joke yet?

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Originally posted by Skipper Can I make a Carleton joke yet?

During the Panda games on the march to the game... Carleton students always carried "Ottawa U Sucks" signs, every year. The next year I went, we carried "Carleton Swallows" signs.

GO GEE GEES!

that's the biggest WTF i've seen in a while

white people in Canada need to stand up for themselves and stop letting this shit happen!

its like white people are supposed to be ashamed for being white as if we did something wrong and owe something to all these 'new canadians'

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